Table 1

Public codon optimization softwares.

Name
Features
Comment
Reference


RE
Macintosh
[49]
GMAP
RE

[50]
CalcGene
CUT

[51]
COD OP
CUT, RE, DO
Unix perl
[52]
DNA Works
CUT, RE, DO
Web browser
[53]
Codon Optimizer
CUT, RE

[54]
Prot2DNA
CUT, RE, mSeq, Rep
Precursor to Gene Designer
[4]
Gene2Oligo
DO
Web browser
[55]
UpGene
CUT, DO

[56]
GeMS
CUT, RE, mSeq, DO
Web browser
[57]
JCat
CUT, RE
Web browser
[58]
Synthetic Gene Designer
CUT, RE, DO
Web browser
[59]

Software with features similar to the codon optimization module of Gene Designer. CUT indicates that one or more codon usage tables are referenced during reverse translation of the protein sequence. RE indicates that restriction endonuclease sites can be identified and silently removed and/or inserted. Rep indicates that repeats and/or inverted repeats can be silently removed. mSeq indicates that mRNA secondary structures can be silently removed. DO identifies software that includes a module for the design of oligonucleotides for gene synthesis

Villalobos et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2006 7:285   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-7-285